Al-qaeda-affiliated Militants

Militants from Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base early Tuesday and stormed inside, an official and witness said.

Suspected members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants today attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a United Nations compound in the central town of Baidoa, security officials said.

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, US-led raid to free them from al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in Yemen, a turbulent Arab country that is a centerpiece of US counterterrorism efforts in the region.

Militants from Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base early Tuesday and stormed inside, an official and witness said.

Suspected members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants today attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a United Nations compound in the central town of Baidoa, security officials said.

An American photojournalist and a South African teacher were killed Saturday during a high-risk, US-led raid to free them from al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in Yemen, a turbulent Arab country that is a centerpiece of US counterterrorism efforts in the region.